It is not often that I feel sorry for members opposite. But I feel sorry for the member for Manly this afternoon. It must be so difficult to continue to walk the impossible line. His speech has perfectly illustrated the impossible conundrum the Liberal-Nationals Coalition has put itself in by creating its new alliance with One Nation. The speech of the member for Manly was so full of contradictions that he seemed to be tripping over himself within the five short minutes he was provided. Is the Government going too fast or too slow with the energy rollout? That seems to be a challenge. If we are going too slow, how has the Government now approved more renewable energy projects to create more energy and storage power than the previous Government did in 12 years? It seems to be a fairly efficient rollout to me. But apparently that is too slow for members opposite. Apparently, the effect on small business is concerning. But we have just seen today that the Australian Energy Regulator default market offer has dropped. It is a small drop, but it is a good thing for both business and households.

Again, do we want to see the move to renewables, a plan that was devised by the Cabinet that the member for Manly was part of? Is that a good or bad thing for small business? Unfortunately, the Liberal-Nationals Coalition has tied itself up in all sorts of knots. It should be incredibly easy for members opposite to support the motion. The reason why it is so—dare I say it—embarrassing is because they wrote the plan that we are implementing. The renewable energy road map was written by the Liberal-Nationals Coalition in government. In fact, it was written by members who remain a part of the Opposition. They were in the party room and the Cabinet. They devised the plan and it was legislated by this Parliament with cross-party support in 2020. That is the plan that we are effectively and efficiently rolling out across New South Wales. The other reason that it is so difficult for members opposite and why their amendment is so telling is that they do not really want to say out loud what their new policy is. We all know the policy was written by One Nation. We know where One Nation stands. Its members have said so very loudly and clearly. One can disagree with their policy on energy and all their other policies; I wholeheartedly do. But now we have to understand where the Liberals and The Nationals stand.

Believe me, people have tried to find out what the Liberal-Nationals plan is. Do they back the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap that they wrote and that was legislated in 2020 or not? Do they still back the policy that they designed, or are they walking away from it? We really cannot say for sure. The other thing that is so important is that this is not just a debating point or something that politicians are spending time on for the sake of it. It is critical for the future of our State and economy because uncertainty is not free. There is a cost to delay—choking supply and pushing prices up. That is what happens when there is uncertainty. We are talking about $37 billion of private investment and 14,000 jobs riding on the future of our renewable energy rollout. Investors do not put money into a grid if an alternate government might rip up the plan and do something completely different.

We do not know if that is what the Liberals and The Nationals would do because they will not say. They are trying to amend the motion because they do not know where they stand. They are all over the shop, and there is a real potential cost to the State and community. The Liberals and The Nationals need to come clean. If they were in government tomorrow, would they keep building the Central-West Orana and New England renewable energy zones, or would they pause? These are critical questions that they cannot answer with just a slogan. They cannot keep the lights on with a slogan either. Members opposite will not come clean.